Dr Sudipto Roy
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
- Dr. Sudipto Roy is a lecturer, researcher and a practicing architect - landscape architect with over 20 years experience. He is a Fellow of UK’s Higher Education Academy, a registered landscape architect with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) and a registered architect with Council of Architecture (COA).
- As a master planner, landscape architect, architect and project manager he has worked with international, multi-disciplinary organisations across Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.
- As an academic and researcher in educational institutions across Australia and Asia he has coordinated landscape architecture programs, directed design studios, and extensively researched on landscape ecological issues. His research interests include green infrastructure, urban landscapes and urban trees, urban ecosystem services and disservices, sustainable landscape patterns, smart cities, regionally adaptive environmental design, resilient landscape design, landscape design for better health and well being, therapeutic landscape design and food security.
- Dr. Roy is currently working on smart cities, smart communities, smart systems, digital infrastructure, building community resilience through innovative landscape design, and landscape design for better health and well being. In addition he is also working on pedagogies in Landscape Architecture teaching and learning.
- Dr. Roy's trans-disciplinary skills enable him to practise, undertake research and share knowledge that helps to maintain natural ecological processes and patterns and contributes to human well-being. He uses his diverse professional experience to inform his teaching and provide valuable insight by citing examples and lessons learnt from real life scenarios to enhance learning experience.
Personal details
Positions
- Sessional Academic
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
smart cities and smart communities, smart systems and digital infrastructure, landscape design for better health and well being, urban landscape and green infrastructure, urban ecosystem services and disservices, climate sensitive and resilient landscape design, regionally adaptive environmental design, natural landscape patterns and processes, landscape architecture threshold learning outcomes
Research field
Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Sociology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD [TransD - EnvPlng, Ecology, UDesign & L'scapeArch] (Griffith University)
- Master of Landscape Architecture (School of Planning and Architecture: New Delhi)
- Bachelor of Architecture [Honours] (Jadavpur University)
- AdvDip Project Management (Technical & Further Education)
- AdvDip Fine Arts (All India Fine Arts Association)
Professional memberships and associations
- Fellow – Higher Education Academy, UK
- Leader - Collaborator - Advocate – Vision 202020: [The Black Book of Green People]
- Registered Landscape Architect (001881) – Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
- Registered Landscape Architect (R-8F2004) – Indian Society of Landscape Architects
- Fellow – Indian Society of Landscape Architects
- Registered Architect (CA / 98 / 22626) – Council of Architecture
Teaching
- I combine my knowledge and understanding from practice along with contemporary research and my diverse professional experience to inform my lectures and guide my students in their landscape architecture research, design and visualisation.
- Aligned with the theoretical framework of ‘social constructivism’, my personal teaching philosophy is informed by the notion of ‘teacher as a facilitator for learning’. This approach translates to my developmental, nurturing and social reform style of teaching that encourages “deep, social and situated learning”. My approach also aligns with the key activities, knowledge and values outlined in Higher Education Academy’s Professional Standard Framework. The aim is to empower students – ‘future world citizens’ with the knowledge, skills and understanding to pursue socio-cultural and economic transformation while living in balance with nature.
- To facilitate knowledge sharing, collaboration and collective learning, I align the projects and study areas between units that in turn encourages students to have in-depth engagement with theory, research and design – and result in “cooperative and problem-based learning” using real life scenarios. Building a research - design community that aligns with QUT’s 2020 Vision - “real world learning”, my deep learning and active teaching practice supports diverse student cohorts in building community and belonging, and engaging with diverse socio-cultural and ecologically sensitive communities.
- Unit coordinate, Lecture - Studio:
- DLH500 Landscape Design 5 - Yr 3 - 12 credit - interaction between society and environment
- DLB203 Landscape Visualisation 2 - Yr 1 - 12 credit landscape visualisation (digital & hand drawn) skills and applications
- DLB103 Landscape Visualisation 1 - Yr 1 - 12 credit landscape visualisation (hand drawn) skills and applications
- Unit co-coordinate, Lecture - Tutorial:
- DEH701 Research Methods - Yr 4 - 12 credit research based core unit common to architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design and interior design
- Lecture - Studio:
- DLH800 Landscape Design 8 - Yr 4 - 24 credit capstone landscape design unit underpinned by research, advanced communication and presentation on complex approaches to landscape ecology, landscape urbanism and landscape design
- DLH700 Landscape Design 7 - Yr 4 - 24 credit landscape design unit based on landscape planning, landscape urbanism and landscape design
- DLB200 Landscape Design 2 - Yr 1 - 12 credit introductory level landscape design studio common to architecture, landscape architecture and interior design
Experience
- Academic:
- I have over 10 years of experience as an academic and researcher in educational institutions across Australia and Asia where I have coordinated landscape architecture programs, directed design studios, and extensively researched on landscape ecological issues.
- I have also delivered a range of lectures at educational institutions and international conferences on topics, including urban landscapes, green infrastructure, urban trees, urban ecosystem services & disservices, sustainable landscape patterns, smart cities, regionally adaptive environmental design, resilient landscape design and therapeutic landscape design.
- Professional:
- I have over 20 years of experience as a landscape architect, architect, master planner and project manager; working with international, multi-disciplinary organisations across Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.
- I have a track record of efficiently managing business units and leading landscape design studios.
- I have successfully delivered high quality master plans and landscape architecture designs on a range of world-class, projects and mega projects in public and private sector, including hospitality, academic, waterfront, commercial, cultural, residential, mixed use, corporate, industrial, and infrastructure projects, along with urban parks, open spaces, and townships.
Publications
- Roy, S., (2017). Anomalies in Australian municipal tree managers' street-tree planting and species selection principles. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 24, 125–133. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105376
- Roy, S., Davison, A. & Ostberg, J. (2017). Pragmatic factors outweigh ecosystem service goals in street tree selection and planting in South-East Queensland cities. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 21, 166–174. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/105858
- Roy, S., Byrne, J. & Pickering, C. (2012). A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 11(4), 351–363. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/111021
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Sudipto, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Australian Institute of Landscape Architects: National Education Committee - Member
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- 202020 Vision: Leader - Collaborator
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Key Note Speaker, QLD Urban Forest Masterclass 2016
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- 2016 Finalist, QUT Sessional Teaching and Reflection Showcase (STARS)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- Australian Postgraduate Award, Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship